Bauwagen
[ˈbaʊ̯ˌvaːɡn̩]
The verdict
“Bauwagen” is uncommon German (frequency #75,429 among 5,818 “B” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,429
- frequency rank, German
- 5,818
- “B” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - geschlossener Anhänger, der zum Aufenthalt der an einem Bau Beschäftigten sowie zum Aufbewahrung von Materialien dient
Corpus desk
Index DE-bauwagen · Bauwagen · German
Bauwagen · rank #75,429 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,429
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,818
- PHOTO-FINISH Baumstumpf
Nearest frequency peer: Baumstumpf (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Bauwagen“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- basalen
basalen
24,575 corpus weight
- Baumstumpf
Baumstumpf
24,573 corpus weight
- Bauwagen
Bauwagen
24,572 corpus weight
- bedächtig
bedächtig
24,570 corpus weight
- Beeck
Beeck
24,569 corpus weight
- Beeten
Beeten
24,568 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Bauwagen“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Bauwagen |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈbaʊ̯ˌvaːɡn̩] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #75,429 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Bauwagen“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Bauwagen is uncommon German at frequency #75,429 among 5,818 “B” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈbaʊ̯ˌvaːɡn̩]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "geschlossener Anhänger, der zum Aufenthalt der an einem Bau Beschäftigten sowie zum Aufbewahrung von Materialien dient".
Bauwagen doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Bauwagen, spelled B-A-U-W-A-G-E-N.
Definition
- 1geschlossener Anhänger, der zum Aufenthalt der an einem Bau Beschäftigten sowie zum Aufbewahrung von Materialien dient
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Bauwagen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Jedenfalls finde ich meinen Bauwagen ganz schön geräumig.“
„Zuerst lebten sie von der Hand in den Mund in einem Bauwagen.“
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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